Former US president and Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, asked the Government for planes and military vehicles for the final stretch of his presidential campaign due to the threats to his life he has received.
In addition, the Republican campaign also requested flight restrictions over its rallies, as well as bulletproof screens, according to an article in The Washington Post.
These requests, made by Trump’s campaign manager, Susie Wiles, to the acting director of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, come after the Republican tycoon’s team received intelligence reports suggesting that Iran intends to kill the former president.
According to The Washington Post, the campaign believes that the administration of the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, did not offer a sufficiently extensive plan to protect Trump, who in recent months has been the victim of two assassination attempts, although neither of them linked to Iran. .
Asked about the matter, Biden assured that the Government will provide Trump with everything he needs, “as long as he does not ask for F-15 aircraft.” “I told the Department (of Defense) to give him everything he needs, (…) as if he were a sitting President,” Biden told reporters.
Trump was the victim of the first assassination attempt on July 13, during an outdoor event in Butler (Pennsylvania), in which he was shot in the right ear while speaking. The shooter was a young man who ended up shot dead.
On September 15, what was considered the second attempt occurred when Secret Service agents spotted a man with a semi-automatic shotgun hiding behind bushes at the Trump International Golf Club, where the Republican tycoon was playing with a group of friends.
